Diversity in economic growth: global insights and explanations/ Edited by Gary McMahon, Hadi Salehi Esfahani and Lyn Squire

Contents:ForewordGobind Nankani Introduction: Re-examining Long-run Growth: Insights from Case StudiesGary McMahon, Hadi Salehi Esfahani and Lyn Squire 1. Understanding Economic Growth in Specific Contexts: An Overview of the First Phase of Global Research Project `Explaining Growth'Hadi Salehi Esfahani 2. Explaining East Asian Growth: Converting Potential into Actual GrowthPeter Warr 3. Explaining Growth in South Asia Siddiqur Osmani 4. Economic Growth in Latin America in the Twentieth CenturyGary McMahon 5. Understanding Common Trends and Variations in the Growth Experience of MENA CountriesHadi Salehi Esfahani 6. Explaining Four Decades of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Ernest Aryeetey 7. Growth Experience and Prospects of Central and Eastern European Countries: A SynthesisJan Fidrmuc, Mark Chandler and Julius Horvath 8. Explaining Economic Growth in the Commonwealth of Independent StatesGur Ofer and Richard Pomfret 9. Diversity in Growth Experiences: The Role of Substitutes for the FundamentalsHadi Salehi Esfahani, Gary McMahon and Lyn SquireCombined References Index